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LACEY
Definition of LACEY
adjective
Alternative spelling of lacy.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LACEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
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Built from these letters
LACEY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACELY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found LACEY?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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